Free Comic Book Day shoplifter foiled by Spiderman, Jedis and the Flash

A man tried to shoplift from Comic Centre in Adelaide, Australia on Free Comic Book day -- a day on which some 40 patrons, many dressed as superheroes, happened to be in the store. Patrons dressed variously as Spiderman, Jedis, and the Flash foiled the robbery.

Stop that fan! He just raised the value of a particular book! Be interesting to know what titles he tried to snake. Kind of like Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness being the most stolen rock album of all time. It signifies something. Not sure what, but I am certain it signifies.

The occasion is called “International *Free* Comic Day”, after all- so I can understand the potential for confusion: perhaps the shoplifter was merely trying to liberate a comic from it’s comic shop confinement…